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Natural habitats are the physical, chemical and biological systems that support living things (i.e. plants, animals, fungi and microbes). More simply put, habitats are the places where these organisms live. Habitat is lost and degraded when natural or human-caused activities alter these places so that fewer species can live there. For example, when a section of forest is cut down and replaced with farmland or urban spaces, the living places of hundreds of species may be eliminated.

Although natural events such as landslides and earthquakes do alter the landscape, they generally occur in isolated areas and healthy ecosystems are able to recover from them. Human-caused habitat loss, on the other hand, is altering ecosystems on a global scale, often causing destruction that is irreversible, at least on a time scale that is of interest to society.

Habitat loss is not only a concern from the point of view of compassion for other species that share this planet. Humans are part of the great cycle of life on earth, and as such we depend on the overall function of natural systems for our own survival. Properly functioning natural systems create the air we breathe, break down our wastes, provide our food, purify our drinking water and ultimately supply all the materials we require for living. Each species plays an important role in its ecosystem. Habitat loss and degradation is the main threat to the world's endangered plants and animals, and is occurring at ever greater rates.

Despite this sobering picture, habitat loss is not always an inevitable consequence of human activities. There are ways to limit our impact on natural systems, for example by using principles of "smart growth" in urban planning (see More Information). Nevertheless, major changes and efforts are required to address this critical problem.Unfortunately, in many cases the value of estuaries and wetlands has been overlooked by people who have viewed them only as "waste" areas that could be diked, drained and filled in for agriculture, urban development or other more "useful" purposes. Close to 75% of the estuaries and wetlands present in the CRD at the time of European settlement have been lost. Although our perception of the utility of these sensitive areas is slowly changing, the damage continues today. The results include increased erosion, storm surge and flood damage, degraded water quality, and decline or extinction of plants and animals. Habitats in estuaries and wetlands are also damaged by pollution and invasive species. When certain types of plants and animals are killed off from these effects, other species that depend on them also die off or, when possible, move to another area. With the population of the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound forecasted to exceed nine million people by 2020 (an increase from seven million in 2000), the problem of habitat loss is likely to get worse. After all, most modifications of natural areas by people degrades wildlife habitat to some extent. However, if urban growth is carefully planned and if people take on the challenge to reduce their impact on natural areas, habitat loss can be minimized.https://www.crd.bc.ca/education/our-environment/concerns/habitat-loss-degredation